CITY TIMES SOUND

City Times Sound

With a professional radio station located in the heart of City College’s downtown San Diego campus, the students of the Radio, Television and Film program learn their craft in a state-of-the-art studio.

KSDS San Diego HD-2, now known to students as City Times Sound, is a student-run radio station located in the KSDS studios broadcasting on HD radio and online during the academic term. Students work directly with station staff and many serve as interns in programming, production and membership.

Faculty: Jodina Scazzola, [email protected] and Chris Acedo, [email protected]; CTM adviser: Nicole Vargas, [email protected]

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RADIO: Stress-free holiday commutes, college application deadlines coming on NRW

Listen to the latest student-produced radio news show

Eliza Barranco, Multimedia Journalist • November 22, 2022

In this week's edition, host Eliza Barranco gives tips for a stress-free commute if you’re traveling for the holiday.

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RADIO: Curl up in a cardigan for this edition of ‘Weather Feels’

New show blends alternative, pop, indie and R&B music

Eliza Barranco, CTS Producer • November 11, 2022

The fall season is upon us here in San Diego, which means colder mornings, warmer afternoons and shorter days. “Weather Feels” highlights an eclectic blend of alternative, pop, indie and R&B music that is perfect for this time of year.

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RADIO: New show by SD bassist Jobert fills your need for metal

'CRANKED' brings together range of heavy-hitting music

Joseph Acosta, CTS Producer • November 5, 2022

Joebert’s CRANKED radio show features an array of music for when you need your fill of headbangin’.

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RADIO: Scholarships, Halloween and Dia de los Muertos on NRW

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Staff, City Times Sound • October 28, 2022

If you’re transferring next fall but worried now about paying for college, learn more about scholarships and grants for San Diego City College students. The holiday weekend is also packed with great local events.

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PODCAST: Local hosts remind voters ‘to get voice heard’

Local elections are actually just as critical as the national elections, podcast host Buki Domingos says

Sven Domingos, Multimedia Journalist • June 6, 2022

Host Sven Domingos takes listeners behind the scenes of the Alafia Voices of the African Diaspora podcast in a new CTM podcast.

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VIDEO/RADIO: Patrick Henry to restore some cut advanced classes

This controversy at the largest high school in San Diego featured on this week’s edition of Newscene

Jillian Fortner, Executive Producer, CTTV • April 27, 2022

Patrick Henry High School, the largest in San Diego, aims to restore two canceled honors and advanced classes, according to an official from the San Diego Unified School District.

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VIDEO/RADIO: City College open house to include research showcase

The April 21 event will be held in person for the first time since the start of the pandemic

Jessy Jones and Stevon Marshall • April 20, 2022

San Diego City College’s 18th Annual Student Project and Research Symposium is back in-person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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City Times Sound unleashes an eclectic week of radio

New content by CTS gets intimate and rhythmic

Philip Salata, Victor Ortiz, Jr., and Chad Francis • April 18, 2022

From an exclusive glimpse into the lives of independent content creators to a dive into San Diego’s heritage of Latin music, CTS sets the tone to ponder and groove.

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VIDEO/RADIO: San Diego Music Awards returning to San Diego

The 31st San Diego Music Awards highlight the regions diverse musical landsacape

Stevon Marshall, Multimedia Journalist • April 14, 2022

The San Diego Music Awards are returning next week. The awards show and concert, hosted by the San Diego Music Foundation, are scheduled for April 19 at Humphrey’s By the Bay.

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VIDEO/RADIO: Special election in District 80 moves to runoff

The story is featured on this week’s edition of CTTV’s Newscene

Jakob McWhinney and Jillian Fortner • April 6, 2022

Democrats David Alvarez and Georgette Gomez came in first and second, respectively in Tuesday's special election for state assembly seat in District 80, setting up a June 7 runoff.

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City Times Sound picks up the beat after spring break

After a week of hibernation CTS is back live with an all new radio line-up

Philip Salata, Jakob McWhinney, and Skylar Eppler • April 4, 2022

To ease the return from spring break, City Times Sound will be setting the tempo for the week with all new material.

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Cruise into spring break with CTM’s local music playlist for March

This month’s playlist features the nostalgic pop of Armoire, the experimental electronic music of klurax and the melodically dissonant R&B of Sudan Archives

Jakob McWhinney and Philip Salata • March 25, 2022

Spring has come. The days are longer, the nights are warmer and, at least for City College students, the coming week of vacation is a much-needed respite from the grind of classes. And from the hook-centric pop rock of Jewelry Girl to the sun-bleached ambience of Fax + Braulio to the wistful twee of Sugar World, City Times Media's put together some tracks to kick your feet up to.

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